Good for nothing

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows good for nothing

poster Yankee Doodle Donkey
Yankee Doodle Donkey
(3.1/5)
7mn - Animation
A donkey tries to enlist in the WAGS, a group of Army dogs. However, after a series of tests, he is deemed unfit for service. Later, he proves useful during a flea attack.
poster No Mutton fer Nuttin'
No Mutton fer Nuttin'
(3.8/5)
8mn - Animation
Blackie the Lamb has two goals in life: to keep his nephews from listening to swing music, and to keep from getting caught by Wolfie the Wolf.
poster The Weak-End Party
The Weak-End Party
9mn - Comedy
A riotous comedy of social errors, as absurd as a butler's whiskers.
poster Lazy Days
Lazy Days
(3.2/5)
20mn - Comedy, Family
While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.
poster Hunky and Spunky
Hunky and Spunky
(2.8/5)
9mn - Animation
A short film about a mother and her son, she teaches him life skills later on the son gets niked by a man so the young donkey can be his work slave and his mother saves him. Preserved by the Academy Film…
poster Post No Bills
Post No Bills
1mn - Documentary, Comedy
A soldier stands guard at a sentry box and leaves it unprotected for a moment, a moment that two men take advantage of to put up posters where it is prohibited.
poster Much Ado About Mutton
Much Ado About Mutton
(3.6/5)
7mn - Animation
The big bad wolf is hungry and thinks lamb-chops would fill his need, so he puts the a snatch of a couple of Uncle Blackie's fleecy-white nephews. Uncle Blackie takes offense at this and dispatches the wo…
poster Dog Factory
Dog Factory
4mn - Comedy
A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into dogs.
poster Feet of Mud
Feet of Mud
(3.3/5)
17mn - Comedy
As Harry has "cleaned up" on the football field and won the big game, Natalie's dad figured that he should do the same in the world of work before marrying his daughter. Harry's chance to prove himself co…
poster Fate of Graduates
Fate of Graduates
(3.7/5)
100mn -
The film tells the tragic story of two recent college graduates, Tao Jianping ("Tao" is a homophone for peach), and Li Lilian ("Li" is a homophone for plum). Married, the two hope to change society for th…
poster Doggone Tired
Doggone Tired
(3.7/5)
7mn - Animation, Comedy, Family
A rabbit tries all he can to keep a hunting dog awake before tomorrow's big hunt.
poster For Their Own Good
For Their Own Good
(3.1/5)
118mn - Drama, Short
When a factory worker faces an impossible ultimatum—submit to sterilization or lose her job—she rallies her fellow workers to fight back against their employer's shocking demands, challenging a system tha…
poster Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat
Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat
1mn - Animation
This short 1919 cartoon, produced by Ford Motor Company, shows a farmer Uncle Sam braining a huge rat branded with "I.W.W." (Industrial Workers of the World) before it can eat the grain.
poster A Self-Made Mongrel
A Self-Made Mongrel
(3/5)
7mn - Animation
A wealthy eccentric owns a talking mongrel dog, and the dog, deciding to upgrade his pedigree, decides he is a born watch-dog. The owner puts on a mask with the intention of breaking into his own house an…
poster Let's Go
Let's Go
66mn - Action, Adventure
The no-good son of a company owner is sent to investigate a problematic business deal.
poster A Mutt in a Rut
A Mutt in a Rut
(3.5/5)
8mn - Animation
A new kitten is brought home and the family dog "Dogface" isn't happy.
poster A Clever Dummy
A Clever Dummy
19mn - Comedy
An inventor and his assistant build a robot that looks like their janitor, and everyone tries to profit off the invention.
poster Runt
Runt
(3.1/5)
95mn - Drama
Neglected and unsupervised, a group of high school seniors are pulled into a downward cycle of violence.
poster Dinty
Dinty
72mn - Adventure, Comedy
Dinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in Chinatown.
poster Hoodlum & Son
Hoodlum & Son
92mn - Comedy, Crime
In 1933, a mischievous ten year old, Archie, is left in the care of his unattentive father, Charlie, a reluctant gangster indebted to mob boss Benny “The Bomb” Palladino. Benny gives Charlie a last chance…
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